The Urban Daily – With news still sinking in about Lauryn Hill’s impending 3 month jail sentence for tax evasion, the question that everyone started asking was, “Who else has been in trouble with the IRS and had to serve time?” While that question on its face was enough to ponder, an even deeper question started to be asked; “How many caucasian celebrities have we heard of going to jail for this crime recently?”

According to CFO Daily News, the following entertainers or people of note have been in some type of trouble with the US Government for tax evasion:

1. Martha Stewart
2. Wesley Snipes
3. Nick Cage
4. Marc Anthony
5. Annie Leibovitz
6. Darryl Strawberry
7. Sophia Loren
8. “Joe The Plumber”
9. Ronald Isley
10. Arnold Schwarzeneggar
11. Toni Braxton
12. Tom Daschel
13. Stephen Baldwin
14. Pamela Anderson
15. Duane “Dog” Champman
16.   Sinbad
17. Willie Nelson
18. Joe “Girls Gone Wild” Francis
19. Chuck Berry
20. Richard Pryor

To this list, we add;  Beanie Sigel, Ja Rule and now Lauryn Hill.

Of the celebrities listed only a few actually went to jail for those tax-related crimes: Richard Pryor, Richard Hatch, Chuck Berry, Ronald Isley, Beanie Sigel, Ja Rule, Wesley Snipes, Sophia Loren and now, Lauryn Hill.

Source: http://theurbandaily.com/2303386/are-celebrity-tax-evasion-cases-judged-equally/?omcamp=Starburst